Vernacular Spectacular: November 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

A Christmas Tradition

Since as long as I can remember, for Christmas my family and I have driven by Al Copeland's house to witness his extravagant light display. The display has been a Copeland tradition for 35 years, and making a special trip to see the spectacle has been a personal family tradition of mine ever since I was a little girl. Every year the display seems to get bigger and the lights, more numerous. It's one of the few things that doesn't seem to get smaller as I grow older. Copeland passed away earlier this year, so his family has decided this will be the last year of the Christmas lights. I know it's not as tragic as a man's death, but it still feels like a part of Christmas is dying with him. I know I'll at least be there to say goodbye.

bike

So my dad took me shopping today for a new bike and I just got home even more confused about

what I want than I was before.

photo cred: patrick

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

littleangelfuck

The Misfits, or what's left of the them, are playing at the house of blues this Monday.

I'm still sad about that time Danzig and Doyle were supposed to play at Tips together, then Katrina

had to come through and fuck that up real good.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Whyisaravenlikeawritingdesk?

First picture released from the production of the new Tim Burton adaptation of Alice and Wonderland, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. The movie's set to release March of 2010.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Sunday, November 23, 2008

turtle sex

Another thing I do when I'm bored: look up turtle porn:

-For Mitch

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Whatiwanttobewhenigrowup

me and pam decided that we want to be princesses

Vogue US - December 2008 - Love of a Lifetime - Coco Rocha and Roberto Bolle

by A.Leibovitz and G. Coddington

Dresses from Lacroix, Vera Wang, D&G, McQueen, ect.

And I'm pretty sure the monk is the dude from third rock from the sun.

This

is one of my favourite youtube videos:

I always tell people "you hold my hand for stupid reasons" or "I hate you, I've always hated you!" in the voice and then when they look at me funny, I remember they have no idea what I'm talking about. Now you can do it too!

Friday, November 21, 2008

feminism

In my religion, gender, and society class, we're always talking about feminism, but to be honest, I don't really get American feminism. I think the Europeans got it right. American feminism seems overly concerned with masculinity and has a sort of penis envy that, to me, seems completely counterproductive to the ideals of true feminism. In class, we always talk about how men have historically had all the power, but I think that depends on how you define power. I don't know if its specifically because I've grown up in a post-feminism world or because of my own bias as a woman or something else entirely, but I've always felt that women inherently have a sort of power that men seem to struggle to tap into, and grace and wisdom that some men strive for that just comes naturally for us. I hate how the idea of wanting to raise your children is seen as some sort of defeat. I'd rather think of having children as less of a self-sacrifice and more of an honor. If my husband ends up being the stay-at-home dad because I'm too busy with work, I think I will be a bit jealous of his "defeat" to say the least. The "feminine" body and persona are beautiful and diverse aspects of femininity that the feminism movement seems almost ashamed of, as if they're striving for this masculine ideal of power. Burn your bra, and put on a suit. What is that? We're still defining ourselves against the masculine. Why not take the masculine out of the equation completely? Maybe I haven't studied up enough on this subject, but as of now, I love my feminism, and the power that entails. Hell, I even enjoy the lipstick and the skirts and (God-forbid) the door-opening chivalry. Personally, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Post Secret

came to LSU tonight.

One girl got up and told the audience a secret she had about how her parents punished her brother when he was little for wetting the bed, but really, because they shared the same room and she was too scared to walked down the hall in the middle of the night, when she woke up having to pee she got in his bed and peed on him. so gross.

anyway, some of my favourite post secrets (i know, i save them. cool):

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/SF2uwP4ZAhI/AAAAAAAAFQ4/lJcmYfoCjsA/s1600-h/spiritual.jpg